mayoral debate
November 9, 2023
Leichty ’96 elected mayor
Candidates affiliated with Goshen College were well-represented in the city elections last Tuesday. Of the 18 candidates, eight were affiliated with GC, four of whom won. All candidates were elected to a four-year term. In the mayoral contest, Gina Leichty, a Democrat, won 54% of the vote to defeat Benjamin Rogers, a Republican. Leichty is the first woman to be elected mayor in Goshen. She graduated from GC in 1996, majoring in English. Leichty received 3,095 votes — the most of any Goshen candidate in the evening — compared to Rogers’ 2,628. In the clerk-treasurer race, Richard Aguirre, a former...
November 2, 2023
Mayoral conference held at GC
Goshen College hosted a mayoral candidate forum featuring Gina Leichty, a Democrat, and Benjamin Rogers, a Republican, last Thursday. The event, hosted by the Student Senate, was in the fellowship hall of the Church-Chapel. Students filled the room, requiring some to grab extra chairs and sit in the back. Along with Rogers and Leichty, all candidates for various council seats were in attendance and were recognized before the forum began. After a few opening statements and gratitudes, the forum began with the declaration of question topics given by Daniel Eash-Scott, a senior and vice president of marketing for the Student...